Waltz in A flat, Op. 69 No. 1

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out and adds none, so every note in it is the piece's own. Print any of them free.

• As written1552 notes
• Melody and a simpler left hand1386 notes
• Melody and left-hand roots858 notes
• Right-hand melody698 notes

To practise it on paper: a practice chart for this piece, a week of steps from each hand alone to full tempo, with their speeds.

What it asks of you

• Treble clef from C4 to G6, with ledger lines
• Bass clef from E2 to F4, with ledger lines
• Key signature: 4 flats (A♭ major or F minor)
• Accidentals: naturals, flats outside the key
• Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, triplets, dotted eighth notes
• Intervals: 2nds (steps), 4ths, 3rds (skips), 6ths, octaves, 5ths
• Chords: inverted triads
• Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands in different rhythms, hands taking turns